A brand new bright yellow bulldozer turns into a grassy lot. The machine rolls over the grass silently. The operator plunges the gleaming spikes of the shovel into the earth without slowing. He pulls the shovel up and dumps it to the side. The dry ground crumbles away easily.

“Cool,â€? the boy murmurs while repeating this process.

He picks up the toy and shakes the dirt out of the shovel. A flat spherical object falls from one of the larger clumps into the six-inch hole he dug. The boy picks up the object to take a better look. His small grubby hands clutch the metal disk. His eyes ignite in amazement at what he is holding. He drops the bulldozer in the dirt and runs inside.

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“Now Nicholas, I know you are excited to show off that shiny coin you found, but don’t forget your lunch. Here, let me put it in your backpack for you,â€? Mrs. Flairs smiles and stuffs the lunch box into young Nicholas’ Spiderman backpack.